Third suspect arrested in Arcata weekend burglaries

The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday said it is continuing its investigation into two break-ins at a West End Road home over the weekend, and announced the arrest of a third suspect.

According to a sheriff's office release, 35-year-old Travis J. Sovereign was arrested Monday after a parole search of his residence on the 1000 block of M Street in Eureka turned up stolen property believed to have been taken from a house on the 7000 block of West End Road.

Deputies on Monday also searched a second residence on the 1600 block of Second Street. Between the two residences, deputies reported recovering about 20 bottles of wine, serving pitchers, collectable baskets, a laptop computer, several collectable vinyl records, coats, jackets, collectable figurines and silverware believed to have been taken from the West End Road home.

Deputies also recovered 12 fishing poles reported stolen from an unrelated burglary in Blue Lake. Sovereign was arrested on suspicion of possession of stolen property and parole violation. He was transported and booked into the Humboldt County jail, where he is being held without bail.

Law enforcement initially responded to the West End Road property on Saturday night after investigating a suspicious truck found in the Blue Lake Casino parking lot. The responding deputy went to the owner's address and found the interior of the West End Road residence ransacked. A crowbar found inside was believed to have been used to force entry.

Deputies were able to contact the home's owner, who told deputies a BMW 321i should have been parked at the house. That vehicle was also stolen, according to a press release.

On Sunday, deputies were notified by a friend of the victim that the home had been broken into again and additional items were stolen, including a washer and dryer. It appeared the suspects had returned to the residence overnight, according to a press release. Deputies observed fresh entry damage to the home -- which had been secured since the last burglary -- and an apartment on the property.

A deputy spotted the stolen BMW in the McDonalds parking lot in the 1700 block of Fourth Street in Eureka on Sunday night.

Pratt was booked into the Humboldt County jail and released on her own recognizance. Hammers was being held on $105,000 bail, according to a press release.

The case is under investigation, and more suspects are being identified, according to a press release. Blue Lake Casino security is assisting with the investigation by providing and reviewing videotapes, and the victims are still providing information on what was stolen.

The sheriff's office asks anyone with information about this case or related criminal activity to call the sheriff's office at 445-7251, or the sheriff's office crime tip line at 268-2539.